Stress distribution and contact area measurements of a gecko toe using a high-resolution tactile sensor

Bioinspiration and Biomimetics

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Eason, Eric V ^a   Hawkes, Elliot W ^b   Windheim, Marc ^c   Christensen, David L ^b   Libby, Thomas ^d   Cutkosky, Mark R ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Stanford University   (United States)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

adhesion; contact area; gecko; stress distribution

Indexed keywords

ADHESION;

ADHESIVE SYSTEMS; CONTACT AREAS; GECKO; HIGH RESOLUTION; IN-VIVO MEASUREMENT; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SYNTHETIC ADHESIVES; TACTILE SENSORS;

STRESS CONCENTRATION;

GEKKO GECKO; GEKKONIDAE;

AMBULATORY MONITORING; ANIMAL; DEVICE FAILURE ANALYSIS; DEVICES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; LIZARD; MANOMETRY; MECHANICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESSURE; PRESSURE TRANSDUCER; TOE;

ANIMALS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; LIZARDS; MANOMETRY; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; PRESSURE; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TOES; TRANSDUCERS, PRESSURE;

EID: 84922463421     PISSN: 17483182     EISSN: 17483190     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-3190/10/1/016013     Document Type: Article

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